Peanut Butter French Toast Waffles With Mixed Berry Sauce Food

PEANUT BUTTER FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together milk, eggs, peanut butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
• Heat the oil in a griddle or frying pan over medium heat.
• Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Serve hot.

PEANUT BUTTER FRENCH TOAST "WAFFLES" WITH MIXED BERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Crack the eggs into a medium baking dish and whisk lightly. Add the milk, sugar, vanilla and salt and whisk until smooth.
• Press down on bread slices to flatten slightly. Soak the bread in the egg mixture until completely soaked through, about 4 to 5 minutes per side.
• Heat a square 4 slot waffle maker according to the manufacturer's directions. Spray the top and bottom grates liberally with nonstick spray or melted butter. Remove the French toast from the eggs using a slotted spatula, allowing excess egg mixture to drip off. Make 2 at a time on the diagonal of the grates. Press down gently at first, then add a little pressure to the cover and press until the cover is completely closed. Cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Repeat with the remaining 6. Carefully remove each French toast waffle to a plate.
• Schmear each waffle with peanut butter. Dust with confectioners' sugar and drizzle with some of the mixed berry syrup. Garnish with fresh mixed berries, berry syrup, banana slices and mint sprig.
• Mixed berry sauce:
• Combine the strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, sugar and 1/4 cup water in a medium saucepan, bring to boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until the berries are soft, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Transfer the berry mixture to a blender or food processor, add the raspberry preserves and lemon juice and blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature. The sauce will keep in the refrigerator stored in a container with a tight fitting lid for 1 week.

PEANUT BUTTER FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter on one piece of bread, and top with second slice, to make a sandwich.
• Dip the sandwich in the beaten egg, coating both sides throughly.
• Melt butter in pan,and place the sandwich in the pan. Turn it over once in order to brown both sides.
• Remove from pan and place on plate. Serve with syrup, and a sprinkle of confectioners sugar if desired.

OVEN-BAKED FRENCH TOAST WITH MIXED BERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375F Lightly coat a 9x13 baking dish with cookng spray.
• Arrange enough whole bread slices in a single layer to cover bottom of dish. Cut remaining slices in half on diagonal and arrange in overlapping rows on top. You should have 3 rows of bread triangles. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and nutmeg. Whisk in eggs and vanilla until well-blended. Gradually whisk in milk.
• Slowly and evenly pour egg mixture over bread slices and let soak for 5 minutes. Use a fork or spatula to gently press down on bread to ensure it is evenly soaked.
• Baked for 30-40 minutes or until French toast is puffed. Sprinkle top of French toast with sugar, then set oven to broil. Broil French toast until sugar is melted and bread is lightly browned.
• BERRY SAUCE:.
• While French toast bakes, in a small bowl, combine lemon juice and cornstarch. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, combine berries, sugar, water and salt. Bring to a simmer and stir in lemon juice mixture. Simmer, stirring often, until sauce thickens slightly about 2 minutes longer. Let cool.
• When French toast is done baking, serve immediately topped with mixed berry sauce.

PEANUT BUTTER FRENCH TOAST SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Toss strawberries with 3 tablespoons granulated sugar. Whisk together eggs, remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, milk, and vanilla. Spread peanut butter on 4 slices bread and top with remaining slices.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high. Dip both sides of sandwiches in egg mixture and add to skillet (if necessary, work in batches, adding more butter and reducing heat to medium after first batch). Cook until undersides are golden, 2 minutes, then flip and cook 2 minutes. To serve, dust sandwiches with confectioners' sugar and top with strawberries.